THE CALL
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob … I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.” Isaiah 49:6
“Don’t touch me!”
The frantic words woke me up with a start. My door was closed, and I wasn’t allowed to peek into the common living area to see what was happening.
“Get your hands off me!” a woman shrieked. “Don’t come any closer!”
I heard something fall to the ground. “Where is So-Young?” Mr. Kim demanded.
“With Pastor’s mother,” answered Kwan. I sat up in bed.
“I don’t need your help!” shouted the woman.
“We can give you a safe place to stay.”
“Get away from me!” she screamed again. I recognized the terror in her voice and remembered my own panic when I escaped Camp 22 wi
